belthur
22nd September 2009, 11:59 PM
I have a HTC Touch ELFIN that I bought in India last year. It came with WM6.1 by default. I started having this weird battery problems last month.
The problems are
1. Sudden discharge. It will go from 90% to 30% for no apparent reason.
2. Some times even when charging in the dock, the battery goes to Zero and the warning message comes about the need for charging the battery and it shuts down.
3. When it does that, no amount of charging will get the phone to turn on.
Steps taken to fix the issue.
1. Open up the cover, remove the battery and put it back. Upon turning on, the batter will be at 100%
2. Ordered another battery from ebay and use it. It looks ok.
3. Upgraded from WM6.1 to Onyx 6.5 and still had the same problem (much faster battery drain)
4. Flashed to PDAViet WM6.5 , looks stable enough but noticed the same problem as the battery fell from 100% to 63%...so same problem.
To flash custom ROM I used
1. ELFIN_HSPL_3.10
2. I remember trying to break the CID earlier but it failed and I don't recall what I used...so just used WM6.
3. I used Onyx (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426540) first . But the battery issue became bad.
4. Then I tried PDAViet (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509822). Much better but still there is the battery issue.
My original device_info text
HTC Touch device information - by dsixda
Touch version : Elfin
Device ID : ELF010050
CID : DOPOD001
IPL : 3.07.0002
SPL : 3.07.0000
ROM Version : 3.07.720.03
ExtROM Version : None
Operator Version: None
AKU Version : 1.2.7
Page Pool : 12 MB
RAM Size : 128 MB
ROM Size : 256 MB
Model No. : ELF0100
Part Number : 99HEH150-00
MCC+MNC : Not found
IMEI (private) : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Serial Number (private): xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MAC Address (private) : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Current device_info text
Touch version : Elfin
Device ID : ELF010050
CID : DOPOD001
IPL : 3.07.0002
SPL : 3.10.cmonex
ROM Version : 3.14.706.02
ExtROM Version : Cooked by dsixda
Operator Version: Onyx 5.1.2
AKU Version : 5.0.1
Page Pool : 12 MB
RAM Size : 128 MB
ROM Size : 256 MB
Model No. : ELF0100
Part Number : 99HEH150-00
MCC+MNC : Not found
One more thing I remembered.
I sync with Outlook 2007 on Windows 7 RTM (WMDC 6.1)
Please help me in finding a solution.
I am not a pro like many here, and if I have to post this somewhere else, let me know.
The problems are
1. Sudden discharge. It will go from 90% to 30% for no apparent reason.
2. Some times even when charging in the dock, the battery goes to Zero and the warning message comes about the need for charging the battery and it shuts down.
3. When it does that, no amount of charging will get the phone to turn on.
Steps taken to fix the issue.
1. Open up the cover, remove the battery and put it back. Upon turning on, the batter will be at 100%
2. Ordered another battery from ebay and use it. It looks ok.
3. Upgraded from WM6.1 to Onyx 6.5 and still had the same problem (much faster battery drain)
4. Flashed to PDAViet WM6.5 , looks stable enough but noticed the same problem as the battery fell from 100% to 63%...so same problem.
To flash custom ROM I used
1. ELFIN_HSPL_3.10
2. I remember trying to break the CID earlier but it failed and I don't recall what I used...so just used WM6.
3. I used Onyx (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426540) first . But the battery issue became bad.
4. Then I tried PDAViet (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509822). Much better but still there is the battery issue.
My original device_info text
HTC Touch device information - by dsixda
Touch version : Elfin
Device ID : ELF010050
CID : DOPOD001
IPL : 3.07.0002
SPL : 3.07.0000
ROM Version : 3.07.720.03
ExtROM Version : None
Operator Version: None
AKU Version : 1.2.7
Page Pool : 12 MB
RAM Size : 128 MB
ROM Size : 256 MB
Model No. : ELF0100
Part Number : 99HEH150-00
MCC+MNC : Not found
IMEI (private) : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Serial Number (private): xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MAC Address (private) : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Current device_info text
Touch version : Elfin
Device ID : ELF010050
CID : DOPOD001
IPL : 3.07.0002
SPL : 3.10.cmonex
ROM Version : 3.14.706.02
ExtROM Version : Cooked by dsixda
Operator Version: Onyx 5.1.2
AKU Version : 5.0.1
Page Pool : 12 MB
RAM Size : 128 MB
ROM Size : 256 MB
Model No. : ELF0100
Part Number : 99HEH150-00
MCC+MNC : Not found
One more thing I remembered.
I sync with Outlook 2007 on Windows 7 RTM (WMDC 6.1)
Please help me in finding a solution.
I am not a pro like many here, and if I have to post this somewhere else, let me know.